Security Watch. Scareware on Newsweek.

JMH

Banned
A friend e-mailed to say that he was hit by one of those fake anti-malware scans when surfing on newsweek.com. He sent me screen shots, some of which are below (click on the thumbnail to see the full-size screen). There's a million of these out there of course, but this one caught my attention as being especially egregious for a few reasons.[End quote]
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Scareware on Newsweek - Security Watch
 

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    LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-1005TX .
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    Memory
    4.00 GB installed, max capacity 8 GB.
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT & 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics mem.
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    17.0" diagonal WXGA + High definition brightview widescreen infinity display.
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    1440 x 900
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